What's New (and changed) in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015

Links

• What's new for administrators and customizers in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015 and CRM Online
• What's new in Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online 2015 Update 1 (7.1.0)
• What's new in CRM 2015 (Microsoft Customer Center)
• Top 10 New Features in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015 – Update 1
• MSDN: CRM 2015 prerelease content is here!

CRM 2015 Update 1

• Links
  • What's new
    
    
• SDK (in no particular order and not 100% exhaustive but lists the major enhancements and changes)
  • Perform specialized operations using Update
  • Define alternate keys for an entity; Use an alternate key to create a record
  • Reduce potential data loss using optimistic concurrency; Sample: Use optimistic concurrency with update and delete operations
  • Sample: Synchronize data with external systems using change tracking
  • Behavior and format of the date and time attribute
  • Sample: Windows Activity Tracker for Dynamics CRM
  • Sample: Windows CRM to Go for Dynamics CRM
  • Grid objects and methods (client-side reference); Write scripts for subgrids
  • Synchronize CRM data with external systems; Use change tracking to synchronize data with external systems;
  • Integrate Microsoft Dynamics CRM with Parature; Sample: Create and associate knowledge base record to incident
  • MailboxTrackingFolder (Mailbox auto tracking folder) entity messages and methods
  • Configure Exchange folder-level tracking rules
  • Sample: Insert or update a record using Upsert; Use Upsert to insert or update a record
  • PluginTraceLog entity messages and methods
  • ApplyRecordCreationAndUpdateRuleRequest Class
  • PublishThemeRequest Members; Query and edit an organization theme
  • BusinessEntityChanges Class
  • RetrieveEntityChangesRequest Class
  • ConvertDateAndTimeBehaviorRequest Members; Sample: Convert date and time behavior
  • ExecuteTransactionRequest Class
  • UpsertRequest Class
  • Export a solution for a specific CRM version
  • Integrate Microsoft Dynamics CRM with OneNote
  • Define custom claim mapping for SharePoint server-based integration
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• Themes
• Improved navigation
• Integrate with Parature
• Integrate with OneNote
• Exchange folder-level tracking
• TODO...

General

• Calculated and rollup fields
• Search across entity types
• New conditional operators in Advanced Find
• Security enhancements: hierarchical information access
• Create product families, bundles, relationships
• Hierarchical modeling and visualization capabilities
• Use sales hierarchies
• Mobile sales improvements: add offline data and sync later when connected
• Cortana integration
• Enhanced business rules: if/then, and/or
• Enhanced business processes: branching
• Enhanced sales processes
• Expanded case management functionality
• Microsoft Social Listening
• Improvements in CRM for Outlook: additional fields available for sync
• Customizable help

Marketing

• Sales and marketing collaboration
• Manage multi-channel campaigns
• Improve B2B marketing
• Enhanced marketing resource management
• Gain social insights with Microsoft Dynamics Marketing
• Additional language & geographic availability

For Developers

• https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/gg309589(v=crm.7).aspx

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